June, 2021 - The Temple News

PA Supreme Court drops charges against Bill Cosby

30 June 2021 Amelia Winger

The court found that an agreement Cosby made with a former prosecutor in 2005 granted him immunity from criminal prosecution, meaning he should not have been charged in 2018.

Temple Police respond to crowds, shooting of 19-year-old male

29 June 2021 Micah Zimmerman

Police issued alerts for both incidents between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. on June 27. The incidents were not related to one another.

Philadelphia Lyft driver’s song celebrates college students

26 June 2021 Rosie Leonard and Matthew Aquino

Fred Brown’s “Congratulations” reminds students to avoid stressing too much and celebrate how far they’ve come.

LGBTQ students of color discuss intersecting identities, self-discovery

23 June 2021 Eden MacDougall

Being a person of color can influence the way LGBTQ people of color understand their identity and how they express it.

Woman shot in leg on 18th Street near Oxford

21 June 2021 Micah Zimmerman

The woman is currently in stable condition at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Former Temple fencer prepares for Tokyo Olympics

19 June 2021 Victoria Ayala

Kamali Thompson is training to compete at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics as an alternate.

Temple will not require masks for fully vaccinated people in the fall

18 June 2021 Fallon Roth

Fully vaccinated people will also not be required to participate in the university’s COVID-19 testing program.

Temple experts explain COVID-19 and climate change similarities

15 June 2021 Sarah Heidelbaugh

Examining inequalities revealed by the pandemic can help create an effective approach to climate policy

Philadelphia lifting remaining COVID-19 restrictions today

11 June 2021 Micah Zimmerman

Fully vaccinated people are no longer required to wear a mask in nearly all indoor and outdoor spaces. Restaurants may end their 11 p.m. dining curfew.

Temple begins addressing Auditor General’s recommendations

10 June 2021 Fallon Roth and Monica Constable

The university established working groups to make improvements to Temple’s processes surrounding employee background checks and sexual harassment training.